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Re: Bitcoin Journalism is like 80% crap and much of it paid placement

@shawnj

Does it cost money?

Yes, which is fitting since we are in the currency business.

Here's the breakdown: Advertising in Bitcoin Journal: starts at $390 and if you can't make that commitment then its hard for us >to convince The Street or anyone else you're a viable company. A shared article in The Street is $1,250. An exclusive article in The Street is $2,450.

The deadline is noon today MST.

@adam- is this kind of thing common in your experience in journalism as a whole, or just bitcoin?

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I really go out of my way not to put myself in situations where I'm exposed to stuff like this, but yes this is not an uncommon tactic and we're regularly approached with questions about how much it would cost to have an interview on LTB or have an article written up about us. Whenever we're invited to conferences part of the deal that gets us free tickets and exhibition table involves both written articles and segments on the show. This is totally normal.

We just don't participate, there's a bright white line between content and commercial. If we talk about a conference it's because we're genuinely excited.

Re: Cryptopic webcomic developement & bounty!

Those two strips generated droll lols ;) well done

Re: Bitcoin Journalism is like 80% crap and much of it paid placement

@lainfinity @adam I completely agree please have a look at this blog post.

I read the article, it's what made me pull out that email - I just don't know if it's really our place to be shaming people. One of my favorite quotes:

"If somebody thinks they’re a hedgehog, presumably you just give ‘em a mirror and a few pictures of hedgehogs and tell them to sort it out for themselves."

Re: Bitcoin Journalism is like 80% crap and much of it paid placement

@kerneloops How about 1000 LTBc for anyone who emails Sara Wood at [email protected] with a message "Please take Adam B. Levine off your mailing list."

In her defense that was the last email I received from them, I posted it to illustrate a point not inspire a public shaming.

Re: Earn LTBC by Publishing Your Writings for LTB! All accounts now may compose and submit articles for the front page - Walkthrough inside!

Hello Joey, That's actually something we have an option for - a "blog post" is at least 400 words, is interesting and earns 1/2 the points of a column.

Re: Earn LTBC by Publishing Your Writings for LTB! All accounts now may compose and submit articles for the front page - Walkthrough inside!

@mattbrown Looks super interesting. I'll have to try to hammer something out to post. How far away from crypto are you willing to get?

At least tangentially related. We'll be spinning off non-crypto featured blogs sometimes in the near future but not yet.

Re: [SUBMISSIONS EDITORS WANTED][5,000LTBc per column]

Hey guys, i'll check back again in the morning - those are the pieces currently in the hopper.

Thank you!

Re: ltbcoin is junk

We're definitely in alpha, but the good news is it didn't cost you anything but your time and you can always come back later when the project is more developed. Our rewards program is designed to offset the annoyances caused by being part of the early community.

:)

And if you're done with us you can always sell your LTBc for a little bonus as compensation for your time.

Re: [SUBMISSIONS EDITORS WANTED][5,000LTBc per column]

@mjroncone I'd still be totally happy to help out here. I've enjoyed the editing thus far.

Take a swing at this one http://letstalkbitcoin.com/dashboard/blog-post/edit/430

Re: [SUBMISSIONS EDITORS WANTED][5,000LTBc per column]

@mjroncone I'd still be totally happy to help out here. I've enjoyed the editing thus far.

You're activated and approved, welcome to the decentralized distributed team as a member of our participation rewards program

@btcbandit l would like to give this a go.

You're activated, please edit this piece - It might be fairly difficult because it has a particular schtick but do your best, edit in the Excerpt box rather than the copy in the body below and post here when you're done. http://letstalkbitcoin.com/dashboard/blog-post/edit/434